Last week, elementary school students returned to the classroom in Archdale, N.C., with a new subject on the mandatory agenda: cursive writing. It’s a debate that has been simmering among ...

Across the country, cursive writing had been substantially abandoned for more than a decade in favor of teaching elementary school students to type after they learned to print letters.

"Cursive writing shall be taught in all public schools. Each public school shall ensure that such instruction is introduced ...

We also want to know how learning cursive affects the development of reading and writing skills. Cursive instruction sidelined. In cursive handwriting, the individual letters of a word are joined ...

It’s good for our minds! Research suggests that printing letters and writing in cursive activate different parts of the brain. Learning cursive is good for children’s fine motor skills, and ...

A bill that would mandate cursive throughout the entire state is winding its way through Harrisburg, sponsored by Republican ...

"Cursive writing is a challenge for some children, but we also understand some children thrive on learning something new or mastering a skill that they consider to be hard," said Whittaker.

In 1850, cursive writing was first introduced widely in schools, developed “based on fluid movements observed in nature,” according to the National Museum of American History.

When Jack Lew was nominated to be Treasury secretary in 2013, President Barack Obama joked that as a condition of the appointment, Lew would have to learn to sign his name more legibly. The secreta… ...

To the editor: Gustavo Arellano’s column on his traumatic experience learning cursive in the second grade brought back memories. More than 40 years ago, my son’s fourth-grade teacher ...

That's what I'm giving the state of Alabama for its new law requiring that cursive writing be taught in public schools. It's not a stellar idea, but it's not the worst thing to happen in our ...

In cursive handwriting, the individual letters of a word are joined with connecting strokes, such as in a person's signature. Cursive fell out of favor in U.S. schools over a decade ago.